£50 per month provides full care for our children; including school fees, food, pastoral care, transport and school uniform.
We have countless more children needing to be rescued from Kibera.
If you would like to fully or part sponsor an orphaned or vulnerable child and give them a life-changing opportunity contact us for further information

Very Happy sponsored girls receiving gifts from their sponsors, delivered by Sally and Sue !

In our case studies below all names of children have been changed to protect their identity :

Sponsored Girls
Teenage girls are at high risk of early pregnancy in Kibera, often this is the result of abuse. Currently we have rescued 47 girls who were at risk, vulnerable and destined to a life of no choices.These young girls are now safely boarding at schools away from the Kibera in the countryside provinces. They have been given hope and the potential to fulfill their dreams in a safe environment. They now have an opportunity to be educated and cared for both physically and emotionally, each girl is now treated as an individual and they are encouraged to become significant young women who will be able to change not only their own future but also that of their future families and in some cases the future of Kenya and possibly Africa.

Amanda
Amanda has never know her father. Her mother married a man who hated Amanda so much she had to move in with her grandmother.
Sadly her grandmother died in 2008 and Amanda had no other alternative but to move in with her aunt who lived in the Kibera.
Her living conditions were very poor no electricity, water or sanitation.
Amanda's aunt became sick with HIV and she could no longer pay for Amanda to go to school in the Kibera.
This is when Lunchbowl found sponsorship for Amanda. Amanda has been at Betty Academy for 2 years and in that time has learned to read and write, she has discovered a talent for athletics and she loves Barbie Dolls and reading. When
asked if she enjoyed being at The Betty Academy Amanda's reply was "no , I love  being at this school" This year, Amanda will move up into the next stage, a proud achievement.

Stephanie

 Stephanie was attending a Primary school in the Kibera were she played in the football team, she lived with her mother and three siblings in a one room hut and never knew her father.
Her mother had a business selling maize by the roadside in the Kibera but due to the high cost of maize at certain times of the year her mother could not afford to purchase enough maize to meet her costs and provide sufficient income to support all her family's needs. Unfortunately, her mother fell severely behind in rent payments and Stephanie had to stop attending school due to her mother being unable to pay school fees, Stephanie has also suffered several boughts of malaria.
In Jan 2012 Stephanie was given funding to attend the Betty Academy, she was unable to hide her joy at the news because she had always dreamt of this opportunity. She is now settled into life at the school and loves singing and is once again playing football.

Chloe

Both of Chloe's parents are HIV positive and her father is bed-ridden, this means that Chloe's mother is the sole bread winner and has a small stall selling charcoal. This is a family with six children and a husband to support.
At times Chloe's mother is too sick to work and the children take care of mother and father and chloe takes over the charcoal selling business which means her attendance at school is impossible.
Chloe is the first born in this family and her mother has always greatly desired that she be educated. Chloe is a very responsible and disciplined young girl, who helps her mother and when she does attend school completes her homework before it gets dark and with great enthusiasm for learning.
In Jan 2012 Chloe was one of 17 girls who were given funding by Lunchbowl to attend Betty Academy and start a new life, her mother is delighted that her eldest daughter now has the opportunities of education.

Changing the Lives of Girls and Africa

If we can catch a girl who is living in poverty before the age of 12 and sponsor her through her education there are many life changing events that will occur not only in the life of the child but in the life of her community and ultimately the country of Kenya and Africa.

If every girl in Kenya had the opportunity to finish secondary school we would be changing her life by emotionally empowering her to have a choice in  her own future, preventing her from being married by 14 and pregnant by 15 whether she had chose this path or not. There is no such thing as teenage culture in the Kibera; you are either a child or an adult.

If every girl in Kenya had the opportunity to finish secondary school she could marry who she chooses and have children when she’s ready, avoiding HIV. Her children will be as healthy as she is and this could continue for generations changing the face of the Kibera and Kenya and that of Africa.

If every girl in Kenya had the opportunity to finish secondary school she would be given a chance to use her education to enter the job market, earn a living and support herself and her family and impact her community for the better.

If every girl in Kenya had the opportunity to finish secondary school 47 Billion would be added to the Kenyan economy, significantly changing the impact upon not only the local community of Nairobi but that of Kenya and Africa and improving its social welfare.

This is why we believe in sponsoring a girls education the effect upon her is life changing , not only for herself but for her offspring for generations to come. Link: The girl effect